Upscale vs Luxury - What's the difference?
upscale | luxury |
(US) Marked by wealth or quality; high-class.
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*2002 "This strategy [of rotating the garage with respect to the street] has become popular in many upscale housing developments nationwide primarily becaues it de-emphasizes the garage and makes the house look more like their traditional counterparts from the turn of the last century." — Sarah Susanka, Not So Big Solutions for Your Home
To increase in size, to scale up.
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.
Something desirable but expensive.
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*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic??”
Something very pleasant but not really needed in life.
As adjectives the difference between upscale and luxury
is that upscale is marked by wealth or quality; high-class while luxury is very expensive.As a verb upscale
is to increase in size, to scale up.As a noun luxury is
very wealthy and comfortable surroundings.upscale
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts. In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.